RECAP2017-W272 JUL TO 9 JUL 2017
Week of 2 Jul 2017The week in game journalism.
A snapshot of what writers were chasing this week. We sort by how much coverage jumped against the previous four weeks, so a story breaking now rises above games that already get steady writeups every week.
PIECES INDEXED
97
-17% on last week
ACTIVE WRITERS
70
across 14 outlets
GAMES COVERED
65
total games covered this week
NEW VOICES
5
first article indexed
01 · TRENDING
Games that picked up coverage this week
The games whose coverage spiked this week against their own four-week baseline. Worth a look if you missed them.
TRENDING▲ +433%
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
OUT NOW
4
PIECES
4 writers · 4 outlets
TP
JG
JS
TRENDINGNEW THIS WEEK
Elite: Dangerous
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
JP
JB
AS
TRENDING▲ +33%
Destiny 2
OUT NOW
3
PIECES
3 writers · 3 outlets
DL
DT
SP
02 · IN THE BYLINE THIS WEEK
Writers we kept seeing across the index
Worth checking in on. The cadence chart shows which days they published, which often says more about a beat than a tally does.
JW
John WalkerKotaku
Writing about City of Brass, Secret World Legends, The Secret World
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (2), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1).
GS
Graham Smith
Writing about Caveblazers, Clustertruck, PUBG: Battlegrounds
FILED
5 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1), Sunday (1).
AM
Alec MeerEurogamer
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Friday (1).
TW
Thomas WhiteheadNintendo Life
Writing about Bulb Boy, Cars 3: Driven to Win, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
FILED
4 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1), Thursday (1), Sunday (1).
BC
Brendan Caldwell
Writing about Worlds Adrift
FILED
3 pieces
M T W T F S S
Publishing activity: Monday (1), Tuesday (1), Wednesday (1).
DEEPER IN THE INDEX
Another 65 writers filed this week.
Browse them by outlet, beat or the games they cover →
03 · READER ATTENTION
What's drawing readers in
No reader signal recorded for this week.
04 · NEW VOICES
First piece indexed this week
DF
Daniel Feit
VG247·4 Jul 2017
Let It Die is 'Supremely S**tty,' And GungHo's CEO Couldn't Be HappierinterviewonLet It Die
KW
Kwanghee Woo
PC Gamer
PC Gamer·3 Jul 2017
StarCraft: Remastered interview: 'Doing this right is keeping the core community happy'interviewonStarCraft: Remastered
A writer becomes a "new voice" the first time their byline enters the CritIndex graph.